My Garden is a Blooming!

This little gut I call "Chi Chi" he loves to pose for me and he is my backyard pet squirrel...and the other little one is in my front yard flowerbed, my daughter gave him to me...

This is called a hybrid geranium and I love its purple color....

I went around and took some snaps of my blooming garden...and WOW the colors were amazing...I love spring when everything just jumps up and sings and the insects and birds are chirping and buzzing away...so stroll with me through some of my flowers... This red and white is another hybrid geranium that my son got me in 2004 on Mother's Day when we went to the Queen Mary in their flowerbed he snipped off a branch and it has grown in my front yard ever since...the purple and white daiseys are in my front yard along with my succulent red bead plant and Gerber Daiseys.The orange ones are called Parrots Beak and they grow around my pond, sooooo pretty...and the pink ones in the flowerpot are impatients and hang from the front tree

The yellow daisys are out front, and the orangish blooms are around the pond and it is a water plant called, Orange Canna.

The white potted ones here are my sweet smelling Jasmine flowers....

So as you can see my yard is blooming all kinds of colors....

WOW...love flowers!!!

Oh I must not forget to add a little crochet...this is a picture of a crocheted hanger sachet that I made for my swap partner in the All Around the House bedroom swap for March...I love this pattern asn will make lots more for gifts, but I am changing it to baby hangers, the bigger ones are just too big!!

Look at the Frilly Apron Swap Givaway

Wow This beautiful Apron will be given away at the "Frilly Apron" swap

Look What I Found at the Pond side and More???

This is the angel a good friend of mine gave me last year on my Birthday...Isn't she just beautiful. And if you can hear the sound of my pond falls over the music playing then you know why I spend most of my day out there... I put her over my pond to watch over it. Her wings move when the sin hits her...just so pretty and soothing...

Here is an Oreo cookie I found at an Estate sale over the wekend....I am going to use it to hold goodies in my sewing room. I love oreo cookies..don't you?

These little guys I got at a garage sale and they are to hang up on my net in the back patio...they are real and will look great there with all the shells...they are a little harder to see in this photo but there are a lot of sea shells on the net

This vase was hand painted and I just fell in love with it.

I watched this movie over the weekend. And I loved it, even though it was a bit sad, but then I love Will Smith....I highly recommend it...

Links of Interest

I ran across this link about hosting a "Murder Mystery" party. What a great idea. I mean what fun that would be....

This blog gives you a crochet by numbers logic stitching lesson.

Pay it Forward

I have joined in on the "Pay it Forward" from Mrs B's blog. I am really busy , but it is such a fun thing to do that I have decided to join in. . Now to make items for my PIF pals. The only thing I have done here is change the rules a bit and make it a constant giving contest. You can just do it one time on your blog, but here I will be doing it all year long. What fun to give!!!

I have added to the list, I am still sending to the first 3 posts, but I am now going to draw names for 3 more PIF winners starting after the 1st 3 names. So post a comment here and join in on th e chance to be my next PIF

The guidelines:

"I will send a handmade gift to 3 people who leave a comment on my blog requesting to join this PIF exchange after the 1st 3 posts. Then every 3 months I will draw names and pick 3 more winners to send a handmade gift to send to.

I don’t know what that gift will be yet and you may not receive it tomorrow or next week, but you will receive it within 365 days, that is my promise!

The only thing you have to do in return is pay it forward by making the same promise on your blog."Want to participate?

• Leave a comment on this post
• make the same promise on your own blog.
• Give to Random Acts of Kindness.
• And take up to 365 days to do it in!!!

I like this idea a lot, too! So, if you're interested in participating, just post and maybe you will be one of the three of my online friends that gets picked during one of my drawings held every 3 months. Whether you are a crocheter or kniter, or maybe just want to make a new friend, just post that you would like to PIF! I'm already starting to rummage through my mind what I might like to make. And it is a great way to use my " STASH" and make some gifts!!!

I believe that it originally came from Nurhanne's blog when she got an invitation from Irene but since it is not in English I am not sure who actually started it??? No matter who I want to join in!

Other contests to check out: DaBookLady's Recipe Contest.....DaBookLady's Reading Contest.....

DaBookLady Contest Winner

Congratulations to Tasha who won DaBookLady's Bookmarks Contest!!!! Remember that you could be the next winner by commenting on here for our monthly contests!!! so hop on over to check out March' contest "Books in the Tub" and you could be the next winner!!!

I Love Thrift Stores and Garage Sales

I just love to find good buys of old jewelry that I can use on my bags when designing.. :) It is so much fun....

the Dolphins are so cute and the rhinestone earrings will make great embellishments inside of crocheted flowers.. :)

I Received one of The Best Packages For the Mitten Swap

Look at all my goodies!! I received so much from my new friend Knitamaniac from the No More Humdrum Mitten Swap this month!!! WOW....she was too kind...I got lots of yummy yarns, I cannot wait to try out...And a mitten pattern, creams, Susan Bates circular hooks, long hooks by Leisure Arts, stitch markers, stitch counters, hook ends, 2 pairs of mittens, yarn needles, sock yarn, and look at all the hooks? Wow...

Thank you soooooooo much Gail!!!!

Flirty Apron Swap

Flirty Apron and Accessory Swap is going on now. Be sure to hop on over and read all about this fun and new "Apron" swap. I love swaps and I even love aprons more...they are flirty with tons of ruffles and bright colors...just plain pretty and functional too, just like our moms wore in their kitchens. So hurry over time is a wasting....

Tulips In the Wintertime

I planted some tulips a few weeks ago and they are all blooming now. Of course they were in plant form not just the bulbs. I do love the color and tulips...My Dad loved yellow flowers so the yellow ones are in his memory.. :) My mom loved purple so those are for her... :)

With all th erain we are getting this year it looks like we will have some pretty flower beds in the spring, where is that spring anyways? We are sure cold here. :(

Lost

Which Lost Character Are You?

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I love LOST...and I just found out I am Juliet...hmmm I guess I am...who are you?

My Yarn Store Find and the Starburst Dish Cloth

I was visiting The Kidney Bean and she had some really pretty dishcloth designs on her blog that she got the star burst from My Tangled Threads off of Ravelry, her dishcloth is beautiful and the others she made are wonderful, be sure to hop over and take a look, they are fantastic, but the most amazing thing was the You Tube on the French Knitting Ski Story. You have to watch this video and remember that all the frames were knitted!!!

Sunday my local knit/crochet group went on a field trip and hit a couple yarn stores. I know I said no more yarn..... but I just couldn't resist. I actually bought 2 kits that I fell in love with. They are two bags, one is a shopping bag, and the other is a Hobo bag! As you can see the Hobo Bag I have already started. The colors were absolutely bright and what I called "smile" yarn. Yarn that makes you feel good... And then I got a couple of cute books to make the monkeys out of socks, and an older one on some unique projects. I also found a cute crochet top that I loved in one of th eold books and got some pretty teal Auntie cotton that will look great I think. What do you think?

Littlest Mermaid Tote Bag

Here is

my Whimsical "Little Mermaid" tote bag....isn't she the cutest? I got the idea of using the ty-dyed material to look like the ocean as background while looking for a blue materail. I think it was a much better alternative, then I added pink since my swap partner loves pink... I sent it out to her and I hope she likes it...I may make more of these with different Disney characters for my website to sell...they are sooo cute...I even added a pink key chain holder..

The Unique and Unusual

This dog would be great to shed and crochet his coat???? But where do you start???? The

Komondor Dog is quite a dog...the females are 27 inches (69cm) at the withers. Male Komondorok are a minimum of 28 inches at the withers, but many are over 30 inches tall, making this one of the larger common breeds of dog. The body is not overly coarse or heavy, however, and people unfamiliar with the breed are often surprised by how quick and agile the dogs are. Its long, thick, strikingly corded white coat (the heaviest amount of fur in the canine world) resembles dreadlocks or a mop. The puppy coat is soft and fluffy. However, the coat is wavy and tends to curl as the puppy matures. A fully mature coat is formed naturally from the soft undercoat and the coarser outer coat combining to form tassels, or cords. Some help is needed in separating the cords so the dog does not turn into one large matted mess. The length of the cords increases with time as the coat grows. Shedding is very minimal with this breed, contrary to what one might think (once cords are fully formed). The only substantial shedding occurs as a puppy before the dreadlocks fully form. The Komondor is born with only a white coat, unlike the similar-looking Puli, which is usually white, black or sometimes grayish. However, a working Komondor's coat may be discolored by the elements, and may appear off-white if not washed regularly.

Ok he is not unique but was a little unusal and weird in his day....and the coral is crochet and well done at that..the other little gut is well...unusual kind of like an alien???hmmmm ET phone home!!

Tour My House's Photo Gallery

I love framed photos and great meaningful sayings. This is one of my favorites about the "Sand dollar" Be sure to enlage it and read it.

Remember the mirror that DH needed to put up, well its up, yeah and it looks great!!!

My neice made me this old post card collage, it depics where I have lived,

vacation annually, and where I was born. It was a terrific present and I cherish it... My music box and trinket collection. I love musical things.....some are very old, some given to me by friends and family, and some I have found in antique stores, estate sales, and even a garage sale especially when I visit my sis in upstate NY.

The two girls dancing above, was a gift from a very good friend of mine.

The yellow duck is the cutest and I found him while visiting my cuz in Kansas City, MO. It actually plays singing in the rain.. :)

The old firetruck I got in Yosemite and the horse cream colored box was a gift from a work friend.

The photos are ones I have taken on trips and framed.

Except this one was actually painted by a local artist and is of one of the local beaches. Can you guess which one?

The next one is of course from our favorite annual family camping spot, Bass Lake.

The next one is from St Thomas in the Virgin Islands, where DH and I went on a cruise...was one of the prettiest places ever.

This beautiful row of Eucaliptus trees is in Morro Bay and is the prettiest pathway almost like a painting.

The sunset is from Florida on one of our visits there. It was off the beach on Treasure Island near Tampa.

Lastly is the best of all, my family gallery. They are all in Sepia tone and several generations of my family. Thanks for visiting my photo gallery!